Prefix 0 to all records in a column

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Manohar - Apr 9, 2009 at 05:20 AM
 Hassan - Dec 5, 2014 at 01:58 AM
Hello,
I want to prefix 0(zero) to all records in a particular column of an excel sheet.Please let me know how to do it.
Thanks for your time,
Manohar
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mubashir aziz Posts 190 Registration date Sunday April 12, 2009 Status Member Last seen February 16, 2010 166
Apr 13, 2009 at 02:40 AM
If the data in numeric then select the columns and go in

Format > Cell > Number > Custom > write 0#,##.00

your all number will have 0 prefix ....

if in excel, if you want it as text:
=if(len(a1)=1,"0"&value(a1),value(a1))
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Hi Mubashir Aziz,
Thanks a lot for your help.I got the solutuion for my problem.
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PUSHKAR NARAYAN
Aug 11, 2009 at 01:21 AM
i did not find solution as I do as suggested but problem not solved

Thanks
Pushkar
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Thanks for sharing it. It helped a lot
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Thanks for sharing it
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This will not add 0 to the number, it will just change the way of displaying the number. Meaning if you copy it to another excel and change the format, the number will show without the leading 0.

A better solution is to
- insert a col before (say A) and col after (say C) the col containing your number (consider B).
- in the col A, type 0 or 00 ... and make sure cell format is text.
-in cell C1 insert formula: =CONCATENATE(A1,B1)

now select the col C and copy paste data as Values to break the formula.
You can now delete col A & Col B.

Cheers
Hassan
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